How to make Windows 10 faster: 5 ways to speed up your PC
TRY OUT THESE STEPS 100% WORKING
Want Windows 10 to run faster? We can help. Take a few minutes to try out these tips,
1.
Disable programs that run on startup
One
reason your Windows 10 PC may feel sluggish is you’ve got too many programs
running in the background—programs that you may never use, or only rarely use.
Stop them from running, and your PC will run more smoothly.
Start
by launching the Task Manager: Press Ctrl-Shift-Esc or right-click the
lower-right corner of your screen and select Task Manager. If the Task Manager
launches as a compact app with no tabs, click “More details” at the bottom of
your screen. The Task Manager will then appear in all of its full-tabbed glory.
There’s plenty you can do with it, but we’re going to focus only on killing
unnecessary programs that run at startup.
Click
the Startup tab. You’ll see a list of the programs and services that launch
when you start Windows. Included on the list is each program’s name as well as
its publisher, whether it’s enabled to run on startup, and its “Startup
impact,” which is how much it slows down Windows 10 when the system starts up.
To stop
a program or service from launching at startup, right-click it and select
“Disable.” This doesn’t disable the program entirely; it only prevents it from
launching at startup—you can always run the application after launch. Also, if
you later decide you want it to launch at startup, you can just return to this
area of the Task Manager, right-click the application and select “Enable.”
You can also
right-click the item and select “Open file location.” That opens File Explorer
and takes it to the folder where the file is located, which may give you
another clue about the program’s purpose.
Finally, and most helpfully, you can
select “Search online” after you right-click. Bing will then launch with links
to sites with information about the program or service.
If you’re really
nervous about one of the listed applications, you can go to a site run by
Reason Software called Should I BlockIt? and search for the
file name. You’ll usually find very solid information about the program or
service.
Now that you’ve
selected all the programs that you want to disable at startup, the next time
you restart your computer, the system will be a lot less concerned with
unnecessary program.
2.
Disable shadows, animations and visual effects
Windows
10 has some nice eye candy—shadows, animations and visual effects. On fast,
newer PCs, these don’t usually affect system performance. But on slower and
older PCs, they can exact a performance hit.
It’s
easy to turn them off. In the Windows 10 search box type sysdm.cpl and press Enter. That launches the
System Properties dialog box. Click the Advanced tab and click “Settings” in
the Performance section. That brings you to the Performance Options dialog box.
You’ll see a varied list of animations and special effects.
If you have time on
your hands and love to tweak, you can turn individual ones on and off. These
are the animations and special effects you’ll probably want to turn off,
because they have the greatest effect on system performance:
·
Animate controls and
elements inside windows
·
Animate windows when
minimizing and maximizing
·
Animations in the
taskbar
·
Fade or slide menus
into view
·
Fade or slide ToolTips
into view
·
Fade out menu items
after clicking
·
Show shadows under
windows
However, it’s probably
a lot easier to just select “Adjust for best performance” at the top of the
screen and then click OK. Windows 10 will then turn off the effects that slow
down your system.
3.
Launch the Windows troubleshooter
Windows
10 has a very useful, little-known tool that can sniff out performance problems
and solve them. To launch it, type troubleshooting into the search box, and click the
“Troubleshooting Control Panel” icon that appears. Then click “Run maintenance
tasks” in the System and Security section of the screen that appears. A screen
titled “Troubleshoot and help prevent computer problems” will appear. Click
Next.
The
troubleshooter will find files and shortcuts you don’t use, identify any
performance and other issues on your PC, report them to you and then fix them.
Note that you may get a message that says, “Try troubleshooting as an
administrator.” If you have administrative rights to the PC, click it and the
troubleshooter will launch and do its work.
4.
Get help from the Performance Monitor
There’s
a great tool in Windows 10 called the Performance Monitor that can, among other
things, create a detailed performance report about your PC, detail any system
and performance issues, and suggest fixes.
To get
the report, type perfmon
/report into your
search box and press Enter. (Make sure there’s a space between “perfmon” and
the slash mark.) The Resource and Performance Monitor launches and gathers
information about your system. It will say that it will take 60 seconds, but
I’ve found that it takes several minutes. When the Monitor finishes, it will
launch an interactive report.
You’ll
find a lot of extremely detailed information in the report, and it can take a
lot of time to go through. Your best bet is to first look at the Warnings
section, which details the biggest issues (if any) it found on your PC, such as
problems with Windows, with drivers and so on. It also tells you how to fix
each problem—for example, how to turn on a device that has been disabled.
It is
also worthwhile to scroll down to the Resource Overview section, where you’ll
find an analysis of how well your CPU, network, disk and memory are performing.
Each result is color-coded, with green meaning no problems, yellow meaning
potential issues, and red showing a problem.
Beyond
that, the Resource Overview also reports performance metrics and explanatory
details. For example, for the CPU, it might show green and a utilization of
21%, with the details, “Normal CPU load.” Or for Memory, it might show yellow,
with 62% utilization and the details, “1520 MB is available.” Based on what you
get, you might want to do something about your hardware—for example, add more
memory.
5.
Kill bloatware
Sometimes
the biggest factor slowing down your PC isn’t Windows 10 itself, but bloatware
or adware that takes up CPU and system resources. Adware and bloatware are
particularly insidious because they may have been installed by your computer’s
manufacturer. You’d be amazed at how much more quickly your Windows 10 PC can
run if you get rid of it.
First,
run a system scan to find adware and malware. If you’ve already installed a security suite such as Norton Security or McAfee
LiveSafe, you can use that. You can also use Windows 10’s built in anti-malware
app—just type Windows
Defender in the
search box, press Enter, and then click Scan Now. Windows Defender will look
for malware and
No comments:
Post a Comment